Take a look at this stunner of a cover, would ya?

I was innocently scrolling through Twitter yesterday when I saw it. I was only there to catch up on tweets. I was NOT looking for another book to read. My TBR list is already longer than the Great Wall of China.

But there it was.

Bookouture’s cover reveal for “The Elevator” by Claire Cooper.

Everything about it piqued my interest. The elevator setting. The expressions on the women’s faces. The teaser text.

Needing to know more, I headed over to Amazon for the blurb.

OMG. Instantly, I knew I had to read it. (Sorry, TBR list!)

Check it out…

“The Elevator” by Claire Cooper will be available through Bookouture on August 25, 2023. Preorder your copy today by using the buttons below.

About the Book

This is where it ends. She watches me, thinking she’s won. Thinking she has me cornered. She’s wrong. When the doors open, only one of us will walk out. And though she doesn’t know it yet, that person will be me.

I moved halfway around the world to start again where no one would know what I was hiding. I’m lonely, but I’m safe.

But secrets have a way of following you.

When I step into the elevator that sweltering morning, I barely notice the woman standing next to me. She seems out of place, with her floaty linen clothes in a building full of suits. But that’s none of my business.

A minute later, there’s a sudden jerk. The elevator stops. The lights go out.

We’re trapped.

The other woman’s face is deathly pale. She’s breathing noisily, clearly panicking. As we sit slumped against the mirrored walls, we start talking to try and keep calm.

Neither of us expected to be stuck here today.

Neither of us thought we’d share our darkest secrets, safe in the knowledge we’d never see each other again.

Neither of us knew that we’re not strangers.

And when the truth comes out, there’ll be nowhere to hide… but who will survive?

About the Author

Claire Cooper grew up in a small village in south Wales before moving to London as a student. She graduated with a degree in Ancient History and Egyptology and spent seven months as a development worker in Nepal. On her return to Britain she joined the civil service, where she worked for 17 years on topics ranging from housing support to flooding. She hung up her bowler hat when she discovered that she much preferred writing about psychotic killers to Ministerial speeches. She lives in London with her husband.